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Para 23 of chapter 2 of B-GL-300-008 - Training Canada's Army (1992 version) - indicates that Level 4 Training (sub-unit) "is the upper level of competency for collective training in the Reserves, beyond which resource constraints are normally prohibitive." For ARes gunners Level 4 was easy -...

That's exactly what I believe. In fact in my mind there should be regional individual training battalions (a tier or two down under CADTC) who administer and conduct individual training under BTLs and ATLs including extension courses. That said, there are always some annual individual training...

See, that's the thing. In my world, a mandatory weekend a month and a two week summer concentration is all that you are required to do once DP1 is completed. So no sweat having a single, fully manned company in some outlying area that can raise a full company. I draw the line at having anything...

I do too as long as they are in population centres that can support a viable unit. Many of the areas in Toronto are underserved with the amin armouries still clustered around the core while the population has spread far and wide. These satellite platoons are hard to run and administer. The ARE...

I don't disagree that this might happen. But that's a negative way of looking at it. I guess that I'm more of a "glass half full" type of guy. NVC? 🍻

It isn't that difficult to do. What the problem is that it isn't getting enough light at the right levels of the two departments and Treasury Board to make it an issue that they will work on to fix. Calling it a complete tear down is overstating the problem. @brihard's suggestion is one way to...

Here's my idea. 1) Spend some of that new money to stand up a government owned plant in one or more of the disused factories in Oshawa or elsewhere in S Ontario where there are skilled workers available. 2) Design a basic SMP fleet of light (like ISV), medium (like FMTV) and heavy (like HEMTT)...

An interesting article on the build up of the 2 MDTF in Germany. More on the Mid-range Capability System here. 🍻

Yup. close to 40% or so of the SMP version - some 600 or so. Pretty close 100% of the deuce/MLVW fleet was troop carrying capable. There were some 2,700 MLVWs in the inventory and while I can't find the exact number of the 1950s M135 versions it was many more than that. Even when you count in...

Charging him sounds right to me. Career working alright, Career stops. 🍻

The one thing that I liked about the old deuces was that they perfectly matched both the cargo handling needs at the time and the personnel transport ones. That's a problem with the new pallet and container handling systems. They're next to useless for large personnel transport needs. 🍻

The MOS 25 in the US Army is the Signals Corps. It's not an infantry specialty which is the MOS 11 series. It operates across the whole US Army. Pretty much everyone relies on IT systems. MOS 25B is just one of 11 specialties in the US Signals corps. 🍻

What leads you to that conclusion? The last time I looked reservists were being enrolled in the primary reserve not the Baker Street Rifles. One can't be transferred a reservist to the regular force "component" without consent but to another unit . . . it could happen. Then again they could...

The deuce wasn't actually that tall and the step on the drop down tailgate made it pretty easy to get in. The gunner dismount on "Halt! Action!" was straight over the tailgate and not all that rough on the knees. :giggle: The Germans, OTOH, learned their lesson in the mud of Russia. That...

UofM has a pretty good program for CAF members through their Extension Programs and Military Support Office. They do evaluate courses taken at other universities for credit with them. 🍻

So the option then is to: 1) say its too difficult and forget about it; or 2) jump in with both feet and say "challenge accepted." :unsure:

I think that he put too much emphasis on survival rates without a deeper analysis where Caesar was employed.. I'm frankly surprised at the Caesar survivability but I think its the tactical employment of varying howitzers that matter and that create the survivability results. Unfortunately you...

FYI. Here's a decent little video on artillery in Ukraine. 🍻